ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Urkmazli Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Ghazakh (District) / Urkmazli (Village)

Location

Urkmazli is another Turkish village situated on the left bank of the river Voskanapat, 9 kilometres west of the district centre, at an altitude of 470 to 490 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 311.

Historical Introduction
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It was established in the site of an ancient derelict Armenian village in the late 19th century.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 311.

The available statistical data on the number of the local population represent the following picture:

Dates	Turkish Houses	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1886	45	260	These figures are, evidently, exaggerated	Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 146-147; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 311.
1908		300		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 387; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 311.
1914		266		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 192; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 311.